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I consider David Gray's career one of the few musical fairy tales that has become a reality.
After years of an honorable singer-songwriter career, consistently snubbed by critics and the public, the artist from Manchester achieved unexpected success with "White Ladder," which established him as the Bob Dylan of the end of the century.
A handful of songs, mostly centered on the difficult relationship between singer-songwriter and record label indifference, not only saw him reach the top of the charts for an extended period but also marked him as a precursor of the "new acoustic movement," which shortly after would launch acoustic bands to world domination.
The anticipation for new David Gray music was therefore filled with curiosity.
"A New Day At Midnight" meets all expectations. It confirms the artist's undeniable talent but more importantly, it shows how success and winning formulas do not always hinder professional growth. The meeting of seemingly distant and contrasting elements forms the central thread of the entire album. Songs, as usual, of great emotional impact, find a fascinating form in the subtle union of acoustic and electronic, the latter aptly represented by samplers and drum machines, capable of providing an intimate soundscape without stealing the spotlight.
The atmosphere that emerges is also the result of the fusion of different moods. Strongly melancholic tones, inevitably deriving from the loss of his father, and more sunny and optimistic interludes, attributable in this case to the birth of his son, work together to create one of the best works of 2002.
Ideal soundtrack for a sunset, as the cover seems to suggest, but also suitable for the subsequent dawn, "A New Day At Midnight" is an album that spreads emotions in the form of notes and words.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Caroline (03:39)
Caroline
Those crazy eyes that shine
The days blowing through my mind
Like falling leaves
It ain't no good
I tried hard as I could
But you just won't let
My poor heart be
The final war
A steel eyed dinosaur
Girl I want you more
Than I can say
But Caroline
It seems like everytime
Honey all I get is further away
The state I'm in
Got goosebumps on my skin
See the water I'll jump right in
Your heart so free
I'll face the facts
It's paper on the cracks
Girl till I got you right
Back here with me
The final war
A steel eyed dinosaur
Girl I need you more
Than I can say
But Caroline
It seems like everytime
Honey all I get is further away
Honey all I get is further away
Woooooo!
The final war
A steel eyed dinosaur
Girl I want you more
Than I can say
Ah but Caroline
It seems like everytime
Honey all I get is further away
Honey all I get is further
and further
and further away
05 Kangaroo (03:31)
Don't pay no mind to it
Oh let it blow
Break you up inside
If you don't let it go
Jeez what are you like honey
I don't know
Recommended by my bank
And everybody in the tank
First of all I'd like to thank
This might take a while honey
Hey don' blink
Missing by a mile now we're
Here on the brink
Not a day goes by honey
I don't think
I could be your volunteer
We'll make the whole thing disappear
Saddle up we're outta here
You could be my olive branch
Lift me up above the stench
Walk me through the avalanche
Honey won't you be my flood
Nothing ever comes out good
Trouble in the neighbourhood
Conversations gone askew
And how do you make it feel like new
Kookaburra kangaroo
Will you won't you be my leach
Take it all and when I screech
Leave it there just outta reach
Take me to that burning bush
Give me something I can't crush
Lead me out into the hush
So far behind
So far behind
So far behind
08 Knowhere (03:54)
Slow voices speaking through a hurricane
Said that I wanted but I lied
You're looking good
Hey man I can't complain
Ghost on the road at night
Seen him out walking he's just skin and bone
I don't see nothing in her eyes
Some call it hell felt like a home from home
I'm dreaming different skies
I don't know where I
I don't know what I'm
supposed to do now
Get it on all night
I don't know where I
I don't know what I
It seems to me boy
That you're doing all right
I don't know where I
I don't know what I
Long way to go now
Keep it all inside
36 hours but my mind is fresh
Live for the moment then I'm gone
Suck on that sympathy
and feel the rush
Go on my blue eyed son
I don't know where I
I don't know what I'm
supposed to do now
Get it on all night
I don't know where I
I don't know what I
It seems to me boy
That you're doing all right
I don't know what I
I don't know where I
Long way to go now
Keep it all inside
(Repeat chorus)
09 December (03:34)
All my tears will dry away
All my tears will dry away
All my tears will dry away
Words don't bother me no more
Black money falling to the floor
Flags out on the balconies
Black money washing to the seas
Oh my mind
What happened to the time
December
All my house got blown away
All my house got blown away
All my house got blown away
Walls of glass and walls of stone
Got blown away
Stations in the neon light
Your body strange as dynamite
Killers underneath our skins
Black mirrors black hyacinths
Oh my eyes
What happened to the skies
December
December
December
12 The Other Side (04:34)
Meet me on the other side
Meet me on the other side
I'll see you on the other side
See you on the other side
Honey now if I'm honest
I still don't know what love is
Another mirage folds into the haze of time recalled
And now the floodgates cannot hold
All my sorrow all my rage
A teardrop falls on every page
Meet me on the other side
Meet me on the other side
Maybe I oughta mention
It was never my intention
To harm you or your kin
Are you so scared to look within
The ghosts are crawling on our skin
We may race and we may run
We'll not undo what has been done
Or change the moment when it's gone
Meet me on the other side
Meet me on the other side
I'll see you on the other side
I'll see you on the other side
I know it would be outrageous
To come on all courageous
And offer you my hand
To pull you up on to dry land
When all I got is sinking sand
The trick ain't worth the time it buys
I'm sick of hearing my own lies
And love's a raven when it flies
Meet me on the other side
Meet me on the other side
I'll see you on the other side
I'll see you on the other side
Honey now if I'm honest
I still don't know what love is
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